Is there anything more annoying than a house fly?

Lavender Spray,they fly a mile away when the smell it.

Get some fly spray pal, just the ticket

I thought that might have the opposite effect.

The tool for the job was a FLIT GUN, but you cannot get one these days. It was like a bike pump with a can hanging under the end of it. You filled the can with "FLIT" pumped the handle, pointed and presto ...dead fly. Get them in mid air and they dropped dead to the ground, none of this lying on their backs and spinning around for an hour. Killed everything instantly, wasps, horseflies, blue bottles, all you had to do was put the dog out before you squirted the stuff and the job was a good un.

While I'm at I can't buy creosote to do my cabin either. What's gone wrong with the world?

It’s less than the racing post as well

Raid useless now..water based rubbish!

You’ve clearly analysed it barstool, this out of my league

What's wrong with the world is that Health and Safety has taken over from common sense

What's wrong with the world is that Health and Safety has taken over from common sense

We got this pestshield fly and wasp killer…not bad, they do need a dowsing though

Two house flies is doubly annoying

Is it a young one barstool they are incredibly nimble and hard to catch

Bring back the Flit Gun. Flies will go to Europe.

Yep . 2 house flys

No Harry, it is quite a fat bugger actually, the aroma from my wine glass is getting it to do figure of eights and back spins. Quite a show off really.

Bluebottles are worse...for some reason they remind me of Mick Fitzgerald

I've a big shouty Hungarian woman next door. House fly ffs?

Funny barstool. Sounds like an Olympic gymnast type fly

Looks like saddo has a bigger problem on his hands to deal with

This could be a problem solving thread…

Waft the air around the fly. The resulting air currents disorient the fly, so it looks to land anywhere asap.
Presenting an easy target.

At least when there's 2 of the blighters you can have
a bet

Cut a long thick elastic band.
Hold the one end between the finger and thumb, and the other end between the finger and thumb of your other hand.

Stretch the elastic band and stalk the fly.

When your one hand is close to the fly, take aim and release the one end of the elastic band - splat. Strike one fly.

No quarter asked, no quarter given. That's the way I operate.

When I’ve swatted one I put it on a piece of card and throw it onto a spiders web in the garden.

So when God says to me “What did you do down there Happysandwich?”.
I’ll tell him I fed he’s little creatures and he’ll let me through those Pearly Gates.

buy a can of spray starch ,very effective ,brittle flys !

One sandwich short of a picnic

See how Jack Elam deals with a fly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx15s_HAkgU

I use a salt gun which works fine, the cat sh1ts itself which lightens the moment!

Classic film.
The best scene is  the shooting dead a family on a farm. When the camera pans up from the cornfield where the gunmen are, shockingly exposing who is playing the character of Frank.

Also had an electric tennis racquet but it didnt last long.

Lol! Those things drive me to distraction, can't rest until I've got them with the fly-spray.
Having said that , the wife got one of those Nylon fine meshed net curtains that you hang in front of the back door and we rarely see one indoors now.

7.35 Brighton  No Flies On Me.

Got to put a fiver on this.

the fly, one of the great films with vincent price

Not nearly as annoying as having a mosquito in your room when trying to sleep ,but not a problem in this country obviously.

all these sprays,no good for the enviroment.
Get some Venus Fly traps.

Lots of potential double entendres in your comment ericster

not saying you should get one of these barstool but when on holiday in spain years back the hotel had this big fookin grill type thing on the wall  outside our rooms window ,in the night it would light up with a neon florecent  tube which attracted insects ,you would hear it buzz as small insect flew into it ,every so often it would make a loud frying noise and look as if it were going to burst into flames  as a big b,stard bug flew into it ,in the morning there would be u huge pile of burnt critters under the grill .

Saw one in Thailand FOYLESWAR, always had a suspicion we may have eaten some of those "critters".

probably barstool, in the dark those bugs when they hit the grill reminded me of small planes in flames dropping from the sky!

Jul 6, 2021 -- 12:03PM, Facts wrote:

Lots of potential double entendres in your comment ericster

Tut'tut.
Raised eyebrows.
Shame on you sir.

You mean an insectocutor foyles

Jul 6, 2021 -- 1:15PM, FOYLESWAR wrote:

not saying you should get one of these barstool but when on holiday in spain years back the hotel had this big fookin grill type thing on the wall

Insectecutors, they don't half crackle 'n' pop, but they do the job. Flies and most other bugs can't resist them.

Pull the curtains when it fly's around the window to trap it, push window open...out it goes, no spray needed..simples

A house fly with a Scouse accent.

i love it when a fly walks on my arm  or leg

Barry Hills trained The Fly.

Having a good bet on one beaten a nose , reckon it would be a million the fly lasting 30 secs after that.

The spray you need is called Kybosh, brilliant stuff but don't breath it in, you will have a sore throat otherwise.

Dr Crippen 06 Jul 21 08:47 Joined: 16 Apr 02 | Topic/replies: 44,663 | Blogger: Dr Crippen's blog
Cut a long thick elastic band.
Hold the one end between the finger and thumb, and the other end between the finger and thumb of your other hand.

Stretch the elastic band and stalk the fly.

When your one hand is close to the fly, take aim and release the one end of the elastic band - splat. Strike one fly.

No quarter asked, no quarter given. That's the way I operate.

Brilliant this


DIFERENT GRAVY 12 06 Jul 21 09:50 Joined: 01 Mar 07 | Topic/replies: 3,812 | Blogger: DIFERENT GRAVY 12's blog
Also had an electric tennis racquet but it didnt last long.

With Wimbledon in mind


Some exceptional analysis and commitment to the problem the opening post has faced in the past couple of days with key methods in order to restrain the creature just a great effort and a highly enjoyable thread for people with nothing better to do than talk flys…admirable stuff


Saddo not been back on, hopefully he hasn’t confronted the Hungarian weight lifter from next door…we can only hope he is in good health.
Another potential situation for the forum to help with

People who open windows and allow flies in!

i have a cheap and alternative solution - if the fly is on the window, use a glass spray, if the fly is around furniture use mr sheen, either knocks them out so you can finish the job but the real bonus is a quick wipe of the overspray and you can tell the mrs you've done housework and she'll be able to smell it meaning brownie points

Vapona window stickers work well for us. We buy 8 stickers every spring (about £4 for a pack of 4 on ebay and they look like sunflowers) and stick them on our windows around the house. Within days there are piles of dead critters on the windowsills underneath each sticker. Once a year, peel them off (they don't leave a mess) and replace with a new one.

The electric tennis rackets are good for the giant wasps which come down our chimney every winter. They make a very satisfying BANG and produce a small puff of acrid smoke when the wasp is electrocuted.

undertaker... "giant wasps coming down our chimney in winter"

Sounds like you might have Burglars mate. Look out for the one wearing a mask and carrying a swagbag.

I didn't even know those tennis rackets existed. For the bloodthirsty couple, you could buy 2 and turn it into a nice game. I on the other hand am a big softy and leave windows and doors open and patiently coax them out with a few kind words, "go on buddy, you're ok" being a favourite.

God only knows why I'm single

u should still get one of his tennis rackets and then maybe try whacking a few women with it, you might get lucky and be able to drag one back to your place

I would rather entice a nice lady with my wit, charm and dashing good looks...... but as I've got none of these, which model racket would you suggest Elise? I like a larger lady so I'm thinking something with a big head?

if you are in need a big head you're better off asking willie shafter imo, however i think you may be underselling yourself and you should start with a ping pong bat and just find the right sized @rse and give it a forehand

similarly to my mr sheen option this can also be used as a fly swatter if you get bored of asking them to leave and if you get a 2nd one you could apply for a job at the local airport directing planes to their alotted parking spaces

This sounds like a good plan Elise although I'll have to adjust it slightly as I'm stronger on my backhand.

i'd save the backhand for a decent catch like a supermodel or barmaid

I don't know what the barmaids are like where you are, but mine would need a double handed backhand if you know what I mean, and I doubt even that would stun her.

just a few moments ago a big fly was buzzing around my front room, the missus had left the henry hoover out ,i didnt have a newspaper to roll and swat the fooka so switched the henry on took the head and pipes off and chased it round the room after about 2 mins i caught up with marty mc fly and he dissapeared down the tube .he  musta thought he was caught  in a mini tornado.

Hairspray

A house fly has a life expectancy of about 3 weeks so why not just wait it out?

I'd say that the midgies are more annoying..quite demented by them at times

Went out on a boat to dine, on Loch Neigh in Northern Ireland. Had to come to shore early as a plague of Midges descended on us. Never seen anything like it, bit the hell out of us. Scottish Highland Lochs just as bad, can't possibly fish without a hat on. Balaclava best.